Are you originally from the city in which you reside? If not, what prompted your relocation? Do you regret it?
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My top 5 places according to my responses are as follows:
1. Norfolk, VA
2. Baltimore, MD
3. Chesapeake-Virginia Beach, VA
4. Charlotte, NC
5. Greenville, NC
As much as I love Virginia Beach, I don't know that I'd want to live there. Hurricanes aren't necessarily my cup of tea.
I can see the hospital where I was born from my 2nd floor window.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been anywhere I'd wanna call home. I have a lot more to see & do....maybe one day, I'll relocate....maybe not.
I don't wanna go too far north - too cold; too far south - too hot; not close to either coast - too many threats of hurricanes & earthquakes. I guess the Midwest is where I belong. :P
I wouldn't call me a transplant. All I did was move to the suburbs.
ReplyDeleteI relocated to Upper Marlboro MD from Pittsburgh in 1998. I was looking to make some drastic changes in my life (and did I ever). While I miss some things about Pittsburgh, I do NOT regre t the move.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised that Baltimore is on your list... some parts are seriously straight GHETTO HOOD... Sometimes I wonder myself if I made the right decision moving there but I'm there now and committed to five years in one place. at least.
You're right, that's not what I'd call you...
ReplyDeleteWhat do you want to call me?
ReplyDeleteHell no I aint from Memphis! I only moved here because my wife is from here and all her family is here. If I had it my way, I'd move back to Brooklyn New York. But the cost of living has me spoiled out here.
ReplyDeleteI'm in Atlanta now but am originally from Chicago. I've lived here before (90-98). Basically, the same reasons that I moved here before are factors for me.
ReplyDeleteBetter way of life
Lower cost of living
Convenience (have family here who are able to get my son or keep him if I should have to travel for business)
The inner city of Chicago is really getting ridiculous with violent crimes. To live in far suburbs with my son would be too expensive and I would not have a support base.
Still here in the windy city...born, raised and probably will die here! I want to move so bad. But my mom and sis are here who are my primary help! I do want to escape our harsh winters for a warmer climate and the summer's are getting bad too (they are hell on my allergies!)
ReplyDeleteNo I'm orginally from New York. Lived in the Bronx, then Rockland Cty. New York, (Spring Valley), then Jackson Heights Queens.
ReplyDeleteI've been in GA for 8 years and love it. It's home, but I would not rule out relocating somewhere else.
What promted me to move? I got tired of NY. I got laid off, the apartment I was renting was about to be sold, could not find a job, looking for a new apartment was going to take moola I did not have, and moving back home with my Mom? I love her, but that was NOT an option.
So I packed up my stuff, and moved to GA. My cousins live here, so I stayed with her for a few months until I got back on my feet. My move inspired another friend to relocate from NY to NC.
I was suprised B-more was on my list too. There were actually 24 places on my list. In no particular order:
ReplyDeleteHonolulu, HI
Frederick, MD
Little Rock, AR
Greensboro, NC
Los Angeles, CA
Chapel Hill, NC
Charleston, WV
Long Beach, CA
Alexandria, VA
Raleigh-Durham, NC (counts as 2)
Oakland, CA
Orange County, CA
Richmond, VA
Wilmington, NC
Rocky Mount-Stony Creek, NC
Hampton, VA
San Diego, CA
Some of these I've never had a desire to visit, let alone relocate to. I can't lie, I fell in love with Richmond, NC and everything in between.
My list turned up
ReplyDeleteAugusta, GA
Oklahoma City, OK
El Paso, TX
Dallas, TX
Atlanta, GA
Nashville, TN
The housing prices in most of these places look alright, so, maybe!
Hampton is hmmmmm
ReplyDeletelet's just say my sister is trying to relocate herself.
Why Oklahoma?
ReplyDeleteLOL!!! I think because my selections had to do with my middle size city preference. I gotta get out of Chicago, but I like the appeal of city culture (theater, music, museums, and all) but I'm tired of all the hustle and bustle of this city of 4 MILLION FOLK!
ReplyDeleteI was born in NYC, still live here, though spent 8 years out of state (for schools). I work in the borough I was born, but I live in a different borough now.
ReplyDeleteMy list:
Baltimore, MD (not feeling at all)
New Haven, CT
Providence, RI
Worcester, MA
Milwaukee, WI
Hartford, CT
DO NOT MOVE TO NORFOLK!!!!!!!!! It really is not the greatest place (Lived there and the job market is horrible) Chesapeake aint much better either....
ReplyDeleteI can understand that. When you move to a smaller city the atmosphere is so different.
ReplyDeleteI know so many people who move from NYC to CT. That way they can still go to NYC every now and again.
ReplyDeleteThis is what the system generated for me. I've never been to either place.
ReplyDeleteHampton, Virginia City on the Chesapeake
Norfolk, Virginia Heart of the Hampton Roads
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Big City on the Plains
Nashville, Tennessee Music City, U.S.A.
Rocky Mount-Stony Creek, North Carolina
Memphis, Tennessee
well FINE THEN!! **stomping off LOL**
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ReplyDeleteJust Say NO and stay the hell OUT of Appalachia!
Am I the only one hearing the banjo music from Deliverance?
ReplyDeleteFTFOOOOOO
ReplyDeleteI'm a transplant..LOL I'm a midwest gal to the heart from Kansas City, Kansas...moved to Oklahoma b/c we felt led of the LORD...
ReplyDeleteI feel my time is coming to an end....in OK.
We are looking at moving back to Kansas City or Texas....I kinda looked at North Carolina..but I'm leaning towards moving back home.
I'm a transplant, grew up in the mountains in central California, and moved to the coast. The nice thing about the west coast is even within one state, that is a huge move. BIG difference.
ReplyDeleteMy quiz came up with a lot of Tennessee for some reason. Interesting. Also a lot of Virginia and North Carolina which is funny because I had a friend who tried to get me to move to Durham at one point.
i am a native NYer (19 years)but i consdier myself a transplated Tarheel (NC.) I now live in Ohio (long story) I dont think i'd move back to the bronx, but If i had my choice of where to relocate:
ReplyDelete1. Los Angeles, Ca
2. Greensboro,NC
Cleveland is too despressing. Race relations suck here, teh economy sucks here, and the avalanche type snow!
Don't forget that the Browns suck. lol
ReplyDeleteWTF....the places that came up for me were places I wouldn't have thought about on my own, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Milwaukee. Oh well, I'm glad I'm content with Maryland (born and raised) and not interested in moving, at least not yet....
ReplyDeleteMILWAUKEE?!?!?!?!
ReplyDeleteMy sister lives there and when she leaves, I'll probably NEVER go there again! I will admit though, I do love spending time at Lake Michigan.
If I had to live in WV, it would have to be in Beckley.
ReplyDeleteBecause we're twins...
ReplyDeleteI was born and raised right where I am now! I some times would LOVE to move some place new.
ReplyDeleteSan Fran
Miami
Houston
NYC
Those places just seem so much more exciting then where I am...
Maybe someday! ;)
see that damn quiz will have me in some place where I would be the only black chick!!! LOL
ReplyDeletewhere are you now?
ReplyDeleteMichigan
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I took the quiz and these are my top 5
ReplyDeleteBaton Rouge
Little Rock
Honolulu
Houston
Fort Worth
Not bad !
I'd LOVE to live in Hawaii, but it's just too damned expensive!! It makes life on the Coasts look cheap.
ReplyDeleteMy cousin lived there for a year before IBM transferred her to Chicago. I regret I didn't visit her then.
Hawaii is nice if you're in the service. Housing is free. lol
ReplyDeleteWell you didn't scoop me up when you were in the service, so how would I know?
ReplyDeleteIf I had met you back then, we wouldn't be the same people we are today. Who is to say it would have worked out?
ReplyDeleteI didn't have to be "with" you, I just wanted to go to Hawaii! LOL
ReplyDeleteThen you damn sure wouldn't have gone.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmpf *arms folded*
ReplyDeleteHow you gon cover up da twins?
ReplyDeleteOh ok. I know folks from there who are trying to leave.
ReplyDeleteI know someone who actually relocated to Hawaii after we finished college. Not sure if she is still there though. She might be. but yeah it's expensive, but looks so beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteGuam is just as beautiful and a helluva lot cheaper. Just thought I'd out that info out there for those who need a vacation.
ReplyDeleteNo one trying to Guam!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm from San Juan relocated to California, then to New Orleans.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in San Antonio, Texas, still have a grip of relatives there but after college moved to Houston and pretty much been here every since, staying in the Caribbean for 4 years and Cali for a year and a half, but always came back to Houston, doubt that I will ever leave it.
ReplyDeleteI graduated from college with a guy who went back to San Juan and became a professional fishing guide. I found him one day when I was looking through tourist information.
ReplyDeleteI was born and raised in Baltimore, MD. Growing up there was fine, but a lot of the city is very different now. I doubt that I will ever live there again. I've been in the Dallas, TXsuburbs for 5 years now. I've enjoyed it here, but I will be moving on soon.
ReplyDeleteMy top 3 list
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois
Minneapolis, Minnesota
I'm a Native Carolinian(North that is). Born in a small assed town no one has heard of, moved to a slightly larger small assed town that no one have heard of, until I moved to Greensboro to attend THE North CArolina Agricultural and Technical State University (AGGIE PRIDE!!!!) I came here, well, at the time mainly for my baby girl but also for love(long story, don't want to get into it, but it worked out in the end lol). There was a time that I regretted it(REALLY regretted it) but through it all I know now that it was the right choice and I'm happy I came. Now to just get the hell back up outta here lol
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to give a quick AGGIE PRIDE to my Bredren LOL
ReplyDeleteHey, that is where I'm at now :) B'more was on my list no. 2 and DC was on my list, both places I've thought about living.
ReplyDeleteFrom the looks of your list, you should be in NC! LOL
Are you originally from the city in which you reside? If not, what prompted your relocation? Do you regret it?
ReplyDeleteI'm originally from Montana, moved to Raleigh, NC in 1998. I came under the guise of school, but honestly I just wanted to get away from Montana and I have no regrets at all.
Yep, dats right............AGGIE PRIDE !!!!
ReplyDeleteI am a native Chicagoan and was gone from 1991 (when I graduated high school) to 2006. In between time I lived in Morris Mn, St. Paul MN, Hepzibah Ga, Atlanta Ga, Canton, Mi, back to Atlanta and now back here. I hoped I would never end up back here, but here I am. I may be moving if I can't find a law enforcement job here without all of the politics.
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding? With Blagoje-bitch in office?
ReplyDeleteummm, his name is Rod-ini! LOLOLOLOL
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